Mossy Lea Reservoir
Mossy Lea Reservoir is a disused reservoir near Glossop, north Derbyshire. In 1837, 50 local millowners and gentlemen, known as the "Commissioners of the Glossop Reservoirs", obtained an act of Parliament, the Glossop Reservoirs Act 1837, to construct the Glossop Reservoirs.Places of Interest
Highlights include Glossop railway station and Norfolk Square.
Glossop railway station
Railway station
Photo: Alan Fleming, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glossop railway station serves the Peak District town of Glossop in Derbyshire, England. Glossop is the third busiest railway station in the county of Derbyshire after Derby and Chesterfield.
Norfolk Square
Square
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Norfolk Square is in the centre of Glossop in Derbyshire, England, a former mill town close to the Peak District. It forms part of the town centre, adjacent to the crossroads where the A57 road meets the A624. Glossop railway station, opened in 1845, is just to the north of the square.
Manor Park
Park
Photo: Damo789, Public domain.
Manor Park is a city park in Glossop, Derbyshire, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glossop and Crowden-in-Longdendale.
Glossop
Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0.
Glossop is a town of 33,000 people on the edge of the Peak District. It lies in the county of Derbyshire, which is part of the East Midlands.
Crowden-in-Longdendale
Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crowden-in-Longdendale is a small and isolated village in the upland valley of Longdendale in Derbyshire. Crowden's main interest to travellers is as the traditional first-night stop on the northbound Pennine Way.
Hadfield
Town
Hadfield is a town in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England; it had a population of 6,763 at the 2021 Census. It lies on the south side of the River Etherow, near to the border with Greater Manchester, at the western edge of the Peak District and close to Glossop.
Mossy Lea Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Derbyshire, England, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Charlesworth, High Peak District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.4484° or 53° 26′ 54″ northLongitude
-1.915° or 1° 54′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C5WC3XM+8XOpenStreetMap ID
way 201015315OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q6916715
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In Other Languages
“Mossy Lea Reservoir” goes by many names.
- French: “Mossy Lea Reservoir”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mossy Lea and Shire Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Shire Hill Quarry and Glossop & District Golf Club.
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